by Lisa Sherman, Director
Foundation Auction: Thursday, November 5th, 2026. Doors open @ 5:00 p.m. Bidding starts @ 6:00 p.m.
New Books
Archipelago of Light by Dmitri Lincoln Mehlhorn. Across thirty-six years and six continents, seven strangers shape the future as the liberal world order collapses. Their intersecting lives give rise to competing visions of civilization, from biometric networks and AI-powered religions to technologies that manipulate human perception and dissent. As reality becomes increasingly difficult to trust, humanity must confront whether shared truth can survive.
The Big Cats Dance Party by Alexander McCall Smith. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi volunteer for an important case up north involving an elephant sanctuary, leaving their assistant detective, Charlie, to manage a complicated and potentially risky new one back home.
Christmas in Austenland by Shannon Hale. Itching for a big change, Kestrel enters a contest and wins a vacation to Pembrook Park, an immersive Austen experience, but just as she begins to let down her well-honed defenses, an unexpected visitor disrupts the holiday celebrations
The May House by Jillian Cantor. Funny, poignant, and brimming with heart, The May House is an irresistible story about the special bond between sisters and figuring out what matters most in life, in all its ups and downs
Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen.Every family has its secrets. The Wester women live inside theirs. For generations, Wester House has stood as a monument to influence and mystery in a small North Carolina town, and the Wester women have held the community enthralled. People respect them, many fear them, but no one truly understands them.
A Season of Secrets by Fern Michaels. Signing up for an ancestry report starts as a fun diversion for Ashley Chandler, but the results throw her life into upheaval. Ashley is not biologically related to the people she’s always assumed were her parents. Finally, the truth emerges—Ashley was adopted, and her real birth family is in England. She’s due to travel there soon to start a research position at Oxford, but first, she’ll take time to try and answer the questions that matter most. Across the ocean, Emily Evans has found something shocking in a box of papers—a birth certificate that proves she has a twin.
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman. Two brilliant young women in 1950s Cambridge, Massachusetts, as they become immersed in a mysterious secret group of witches at Radcliffe known as the Lilith Society. Once upon a time, women were drowned in the river and the only witnesses were the crows in the trees.